Goodreads asked Joe Clark:

How do you get inspired to write?

Joe Clark Generally, I get ticked off or really pissed about something. I just wrote a short story taking issue with drunk sex as rape. Drunk sex is very common and 42% of reported rapes involve two drunks and it is almost certain that the woman is going to be the victim. So I wrote a story in which the woman was the aggressor just to see what kind of reaction I would get.
I wrote my first novel, "Survive", as a protest against the myth that science is making our lives better. The science of nuclear energy for example has had many positive benefits but it has produced some really bad fall out. Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Chernobyl are starters. The situation is getting worse as nuclear weapons continue to proliferate. Even nuclear power has produced nearly 70,000 tons of deadly waste that we cannot realistically dispose of. In "Survive", terrorists get their hands on some of that waste and make bombs. Fortunately, God and the good guys are able to keep the mayhem to a minimum.
My new novel picks up the action 16 years after a gang rape that was the basis for a Law and Order SVU episode. In "Return of the Rapist", the lives of the victim and her attackers are brought together to resolve some issues that were swept under the rug by the TV show.

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